Leading up to July 4th, we had been reading some books about the patriotic holiday. "Yankee Doodle" became Caeden's favorite song, he pointed out every flag we saw, and he was SO EXCITED about fireworks! He knew we couldn't do fireworks until the fourth of July, so every day he would wake up, and say "Is today fourth of July?" Finally, on June 30th, we said, "YES!" Even though it wasn't, it was the day we were getting to shoot fireworks at Nonni's house, so in Caeden's mind...it WAS the fourth of July!
We drove to Missouri that day after church, had a GREAT lunch that everyone pitched in on, and then he finally got to shoot fireworks that night.
Serious about pulling his confetti popper!
Lighting a smoke bomb with Mommy
Lighting his first "firework" (a smoke bomb)
by himself!!
Helping Daddy light a firework!
When Uncle Rhett started lighting the REAL fireworks,
we looked over and this is what we saw!
Watching the snakes grow...
On Wednesday, Ashley's parents came down for the day. We went to a party at some friends' house where we had a big cookout and went swimming in their pool. After we came home and ALL took naps, we headed to eat dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings! We then headed to a local event called "Fourth at the Field!" It's held at the NWA Naturals baseball stadium. They had inflatables and games set up for the kids to play with the few hours before the fireworks started.
And finally, came the BIG fireworks!! This was Caeden's first real firework show to watch and he calmly sat through the entire thing!
We had a GREAT fourth of July celebration with both families, and our friends! And we are forever grateful for the freedoms God has granted us in this country!
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